CATEGORY «URBANIZATION» IN THE CONCEPTUAL FIELD OF SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY AND OTHER SCIENCES
Journal Title: Вісник Одеського національного університету. Географічні та геологічні науки - Year 2015, Vol 20, Issue 2
Abstract
Purpose. Each science studies urbanization from its point of view. This is self-limiting factor, therefore there is no unified definition for this category till now . It would be necessary to analyze the different definitions of category “urbanization” for identifying which characteristics and features of this process are important for their research in social geography, from the standpoint of life style, environment and quality of life. Methodology. The methodological basis of systematization of definitions and conceptual clarifications are fundamental principles of the theory of social geography, the concept of human development and interdisciplinary classical methods (system analysis and synthesis, content analysis, etc.). Finding and Results. The greatest contribution to the identification of the essential features of urbanization was made by philosophers, economists, sociologists and demographers. Geographers have long studied urbanization with the attention to the territorial and morphological aspects of urban development. The study of urbanization as a sociogeographical process involves understanding the dynamics of change not only the forms of settlement network, but also the population, the style of human life. In this case, urbanization presents a comprehensive process of raising the role of cities in society, resulting in a relative increase of urban population and forming of the hierarchical system of urban settlements as centers of spread for urban way of life, urban living conditions and urban culture in the specific human-geographical conditions.
Authors and Affiliations
I. V. Gukalova, N. V. Omelchenko
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